Version imprimableDan La Botz contributes five articles — asking whether AOC could run for president, warning that Trump’s fraud claims and threat to send troops to polling places may presage a coup, dissecting the "progressives’ strategic failure," and tracking Trump’s anti-communism campaign as left opponents are indicted — with a fifth, on the Fourth of July at 250, leading the Features. Joseph Daher files three: on the anger rising in Syria’s streets, Germany’s push to force refugees back to Syria, and the Lebanon–Israel framework agreement he reads as "a capitulation to multiple threats."
An unusually strong climate thread runs through the issue: Daniel Tanuro on "heatwaves and strategy," Edward Chen on Europe’s record-breaking heat, Luigi Pandolfi on the heat "eating away at wages," Israel Dutra on Brazil’s Super El Niño, and Pierre Rousset on China’s "deadly weather events." Latin America again features heavily — Bolivia’s growing popular revolt, Colombia "in the eye of the storm," Venezuela’s independence anniversary and a solidarity statement, Argentina on the Malvinas and the national question, Puerto Rico’s water crisis, and Ana C. Carvalhaes on the region as "a hostage to Trump’s United States." The Middle East is dense too, with Houshang Sepehr on the "temporary calm before the storm" in Iran and two Édouard Soulier pieces on Palestine and Lebanon burning.
Europe is well represented: Stéfanie Prezioso on the Italian state "presumed innocent," Dave Kellaway on Britain’s "king of the north" crowned prime minister, Belgium’s youth mobilisation, and the G7 — 60,000 marching in Geneva against the summit, alongside William Donaura’s analysis of "the imperialist order under Trump’s leadership." Asia and Africa round out the section with Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, India’s "Cockroach Protests," Kenya’s resistance to "green capitalism," and a report from the 7th International Ecosocialist Encounters.
The Features section opens with Benjamin Bürbaumer on "the imperialism of our time," followed by Dan La Botz on the US at 250, a collective interview on defending neighbours and labour rights "against Trump," and Dianne Feeley on the UAW’s "mixed reform results."
News from the FI carries two items: Vitaliy Dudin arguing that "the dismissal of Fedorov is not the main issue — the future of Ukraine is," and the Fourth International Bureau’s call for internationalist solidarity with the Venezuelan people.
